I've wanted to write this for a while…just never got around to it. XD
Trinity Blood, IonxEsther, High School fic, AU.
I don't own Trinity Blood.
Enjoy!
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Chapter OneFirst Meeting
Life was normal. School was normal, people were normal. Basically, everything was completely normal.
That's exactly why Esther tired of this place.
Every single day, everything was the same. The same crackheads and jocks, preps and teacher's pets.
She was oh so very tired of this life. She had never considered suicide, no, she wasn't tired of life in that way.
To be honest, she was bored. She was fairly popular at school, had plenty of friends as well as enemies, and made pretty good grades. She didn't have a horrible life, she just sometimes wished that there was more to it.
With a heavy sigh, Esther pounded on the button of her alarm clock to turn it off, and stood up, walking over to her dresser to examine herself in the mirror.
She wasn't the prettiest girl in school, but she wasn't totally hideous either. With her short, blood red hair, pure blue eyes, and pale skin, she could only be marked as 'average.'
With another sigh, she proceeded out the door of her room and prepared for school.
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The elderly man shuffled the papers at his desk. A young man was slumped in the chair opposite of him, scowling slightly out the window.
"Everything is in order. You are officially a student of our wonderful high school." The man beamed at him.
The young man in the chair only reached out his hand, and the man handed him his papers. "Be sure to show your teachers these!" He reminded brightly.
"Sure."
Ion shuffled out of the room, closing the door behind him. Well, a new school, a new life, yeah, sure. Great. Exciting. He hefted up his bag high over his shoulder and began to walk to his first class.
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Esther wasn't fond of people who beat others up.
Not at all.
She herself had never once been a victim, but it seemed that things were different now.
These girls were vicious and thirsting for blood. As they circled her, she could only clench onto her binder more firmly, and stare at the ground. This wouldn't be good or painless. She might escape, but with plenty of bruises to remind her of the event.
She knew exactly why, too.
The most popular boy in school has spoken with her. He had patted her shoulder. Nothing more, but apparently these girls found this a good reason to beat the crap out of her.
"You should stay away from him." Her voice was sharp, and cracked like a whip.
Esther knew full well who they were talking about, but chose to play dumb anyways.
"Who?" She asked, trying to sound innocent, even though her palms were clammy and her heart was racing. She had to keep it together.
The girl's face reddened with rage.
"Don't play dumb." She hissed, "You know who."
"I'm sorry I honestly don't."
"Then allow me to remind you." The girl advanced on her, glaring at her menacingly. Then, without, warning, one of her sidekicks came up from behind and punched her. Right in the back of the head. Esther dropped her binder, rubbing her head bitterly.
"Dietrich, you remember now, don't you?" She laughed derisively. "I don't know why he even looks your way."
Another girl came up and punched her in the stomach. She could see no way out of this, except to fight back. As much as she didn't want to, there wasn't much of a choice.
One girl aimed another punch, but she managed to deflect this one, causing the girl to punch her in the eye. She winced, clamping her eye shut. This wasn't good…
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Ion strolled outside, glaring at the sunlight. He was glad he didn't burn. That technology of Radu's appeared to be working. So he hoped.
He was just about to enter his first class when he heard the sounds of a fight. Not a friendly one either, and he could faintly smell blood.
Turning around, he dropped his bag down by a nearby tree and took off. If fights had blood, that would be bad for him. Why did it matter, though? Why was he going towards this fight?
The sounds grew louder. He was close now. He turned a corner, and saw a group of girls standing around another girl. The smell of blood came from her. One of the girls in the outer ring laughed, and when she did, the others joined in.
Ion felt bitterness and anger boil in his gut. They had no right to do that to someone. So, without thinking, he stepped out from behind the building, clearing his throat loudly and glaring at them. The battered girl from the center of the ring looked up. Her mouth widened slightly.
His resolve faltered slightly. What now?
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Esther looked up in amazement. An incredibly good-looking young man had shown up. To rescue her? Who knew?
She used this precious time to 'examine' him.
He was slender, but not too skinny, and looked fairly muscular from what she could tell. He had slightly overlong pale-blond hair and the most incredible ruby-red eyes she had even seen.
He was drop-dead sexy.
All of the other girls seemed to realize that at about the same time Esther did. They had been caught red-handed, and in front of a good-looking guy, no less.
"What were you doing to her?" He asked firmly, looking intently at the head of the group. All of her hench-women shuffled away from her slightly.
"I-I was just…talking with her." She calmly flipped her long, blond hair over her shoulder. "Is that wrong."
"No." He paused, but his eyes never left hers. "But that wasn't what you were actually doing."
The girl's jaw dropped, and she stared at him incredulously.
Esther was even more amazed when he extended his hand to her. "Come on. Get up." She grasped his hand firmly, and stood to her feet. She stooped briefly to retrieve her binder from the ground, then began to head to her first class. The new guy followed her.
"So, are you new here?" She asked, honestly curious.
"Yes. How can you tell?"
"I know most of the people here. I can tell."
"Alright."
He hadn't released her hand yet, so people gave them strange looks as they passed by. It made Esther uncomfortable, but she ignored their stares.
"Um, I'm Esther, by the way." She said, smiling at him. "I forgot to ask your name."
"I'm Ion." He said gruffly, picking up his pace.
Esther sped up as well, smiling at him when he turned away.
'I guess lot's of things are going to change around here...' She thought, her smile growing.
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Well, I hope you enjoy! I'm hoping to finish this story fairly quickly. I hope you all will like it! I enjoyed writing this so far.
So, before I get people being all confused, this is a Highschool, AU fic.
Okay, please read and review!